Charlie Kirk ran an informal poll of his readers on X last week, and the results were clear: 90% of MAGA voters want nothing to do with a war with Iran. That’s why it shocked so many when President Donald Trump, after concluding that negotiations with Iran were going nowhere fast, did what needed to be done: he ordered U.S. forces to drop bunker-buster bombs on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend.
The targets? Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — the backbone of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The U.S. hit them hard, deploying more than a dozen Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOPs). These beasts are 20 feet long, weigh 30,000 pounds apiece, and are designed to punch through rock and concrete to destroy underground targets. Fordow, the site Iran foolishly believed was untouchable because it’s buried deep inside a mountain, was cracked open like a soda can.
Naturally, the usual suspects in Congress couldn’t wait to start clutching their pearls. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the strikes “grounds for impeachment” and accused Trump of violating the Constitution. Thomas Massie echoed the same tired talking points about “America First.” And Rep. Jasmine Crockett wasted no time jumping on social media to demand impeachment proceedings — because, of course, that’s her answer to everything.
Here’s what these grandstanders won’t tell you: Trump acted fully within his authority. Presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton to Barack Obama, have ordered military strikes without prior congressional approval. What’s required is a briefing to Congress within 48 hours, which Trump delivered. What’s really going on? Congress is angry they didn’t get a heads-up — maybe because they didn’t get a chance to leak it to Iran first.
Let’s also set the record straight on how we got here — because the media sure won’t.
In 1979, The New York Times reports for the first time that Iran is “six months away” from building a nuclear weapon. This narrative continued for the next 46 years, with slight variations. Sometimes Iran is “six weeks away” from building a bomb, or “three months,” or some other short timeframe. At this point the lie has been recycled more times than Joe Biden’s speeches.
Even as recently as March 2025, Trump’s own Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified under oath that Iran wasn’t building nukes.
Then Israel launched a sneak attack inside Iran on June 13, using smuggled-in drones and special forces. Iran fired back at Israel with missiles.
By June 20, Israel’s leaders were openly pressuring Trump to drop nuclear bombs on Iran, and while the President rightly refused that insane idea, he did what was necessary: he obliterated Iran’s nuclear capabilities with precision strikes using bunker busters and cruise missiles.
And here’s the part the media won’t talk about: this was a win for America.
- Iran’s nuclear program? Set back years. Experts say these strikes have set Iran’s nuclear ambitions back by months — likely even years. And no, the mullahs can’t just wave a magic wand and rebuild overnight. This was a blow to their pride and their plans.
- U.S. deterrence is back. After years of inaction under Biden, who let Iran get away with escalating drone attacks against Israel and U.S. military bases, hijack ships, and fund terrorist operations, President Trump showed America still has teeth. Iran — and every other bad actor — just got the message loud and clear. Now they know — push hard enough, and they’ll get hit harder. That’s the Trump Doctrine in action.
- Allies are reassured. From Israel to Saudi Arabia, our partners know America’s got their back. When it counts, the U.S. will stand up and strike back. No more empty threats. No more “leading from behind.”
- The regime in Tehran looks weaker than ever. Imagine spending billions to hide your nuclear sites inside a mountain — only to have them turned into rubble. That’s not exactly going to inspire confidence among the Iranian people, who are already sick of their rulers’ failures. That’s a humiliation that could spark internal dissent.
President Trump didn’t start a war. He ended a threat. And once again, he proved to the rest of the world what strong leadership looks like.